Australian & Historical (#457) Closed Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 201-300 of 940. Previous|12345678910|Next Lot 202 Australian chip carved picture frame with lithograph portrait of a woman, early 20th century, 55 x 44cm View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 203 LAUCKE MILLING Co. Ltd. Strathalbyn 150 lb. flour sack, 95 x 60cm View details Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$70StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 204 Two Australiana table clocks, one cast spelter with cockatoo decoration, the other with carved timber koala case, 15cm and 24cm high View details Quantity2Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 205 An Australian carved timber panel and floral picture frame, late 19th and early 20th century, the larger 35cm high View details Quantity2Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$140StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 206 Three Australian coats of arms, cast metal one on timber shield, 19th century, timber shield 19.5cm high View details Quantity3Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$140StatusSold Lot 207 Folk Art floral needle work, 19th century, framed and glazed 64 x 50cm overall View details Estimate$120 - $200StatusUnsold Lot 208 Bendigo pottery blue glazed vase, cricket porcelain tankard and a folk art picture frame, (3 items), the vase 16cm high View details Quantity3Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$30StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 209 Folk Art kookaburra painting, circa 1920s, 45 x 58cm View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$20StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 210 A bronze ewer with figural handle, Mordialloc, Melbourne origin, circa 1960s, 29cm high View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$140StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 211 Assorted letter openers (5), advertising rulers (2), Rosella paper clip, porcelain souvenir ware, miniature landscape, leather wallet, old driving licence and cigar box, (12 items) View details Quantity12Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 212 "Ancient Order Of Foresters Past District Chief Rangers, West Australian District, Unity, Benevolence & Concord" carved honour roll, circa 1901, 162 x 97cm View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$550StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 213 Matchstick art inlaid table top, mid 20th century, together with a "Weekly Times" facsimile advertisement, (2 items), 90 x 46cm and 58 x 40cm View details Quantity2Estimate$100 - $200StatusCLOSED! Lot 214 An impressive Oceanic rootstock tribal war club, carved hardwood, Fijian origin, 19th century, 105cm long View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 215 A Maori walking stick, carved hardwood, New Zealand origin, late 19th century, 104cm high View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 216 A Maori carved walking stick, New Zealand origin, 19th century, 97cm high View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$1,700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 217 A Maori miniature canoe, carved wood and paua shell, New Zealand, 20th century, 101cm long View details Estimate$600 - $800StatusUnsold Lot 218 Ula throwing club, carved hardwood, Fiji, 19th century, 41.5cm View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot 219 Ula throwing club, carved hardwood, Fiji, 19th century, 41cm high View details Estimate$600 - $800StatusUnsold Lot 220 A New Zealand carved kauri gum bust of a Maori, 19th century, 10cm high View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 221 Papua New Guinea grass skirt, necklace, waist band and two tribal statues, 20th century, the taller statue 25cm high View details Quantity5Estimate$200 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot 222 A tribal drum, carved hardwood, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, 74cm wide View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$20StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 223 NGIRAIBUUCH SKEDONG (attributed), two story boards, carved and painted wood, Palau, Caroline Islands, 121cm and 91cm across View details Quantity2Estimate$600 - $800StatusUnsold Lot 224 Two Mendi spirit figures, Papua New Guinea, circa 1950s, 65cm high View details Quantity2Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot 225 ARTIST UNKNOWN Tiwi Islands Australian Aboriginal designed hand knotted textile wall hanging, 20th century, 195 x 124cm View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$250StatusSold Lot 226 Three Aboriginal bark paintings, Northern Territory origin, circa 1970s, the largest 47 x 19cm View details Quantity3Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 227 Two tribal wood carvings, Northern Territory origin, one inscribed "Kukla, 1/6", 24cm and 23cm high View details Quantity2Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 228 SAMUEL GANARRADJ MANGUDJA (1909-1983), Kurabara and Buruk, bark and natural earth pigment, "Church Mission Society Aboriginal Handicrafts" letter, plus long inscription verso, 38 x 50cm View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Price Realized$3,400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 229 BOBBY BARRDJARAY NGANJMIRA (1915-1992), Salt Water Bream, bark and natural earth pigment, Oenpelli Art label verso, C.M.C. Code No. B402, 21 x 44cm View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 230 BENDIGO POTTERY cheese dish and cover decorated with corn cobs, 19th century, 19cm high, the base 24cm diameter View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$1,300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 231 CORNWELLS Pottery bread platter, late 19th century, 33cm across View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot 232 A pair of Colonial pottery recumbent lion statues, most likely by Cornwells Pottery, Brunswick, Victoria, 19th century, 15cm long View details Quantity2Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 233 LITHGOW POTTERY pair of Bristol ware jugs, late 19th century, 7.5cm high View details Quantity2Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot 234 Colonial style pottery bread platter, 20th century, 33cm across View details Estimate$120 - $200StatusUnsoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 235 MASHMAN POTTERY "Billy Hughes" bottle stopper, early 20th century, rare, 7cm high View details Estimate$450 - $550Price Realized$400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 236 REMUED Pottery jug with applied gumnuts and leaf with branch handle, incised "Remued 54 LM", 25cm high View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 237 REMUED Pottery vase with applied gumnuts and leaf with branch handle, incised "Remued, 196/9M", 23.5cm high View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Price Realized$700StatusSold Lot 238 JOHN CAMPBELL brown glazed pottery vase incised "John Campbell, 1934", 23cm high. Together with a brown glazed Australian Colonial pottery vase, possibly Kosta, 16.5cm high. (2 items). View details Quantity2Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 239 JOHN CAMPBELL blue glazed pottery trough, incised "John Campbell, Tasmania, 1932", 17cm high, 43cm wide View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 240 CORNWELLS POTTERY. Group of three green and brown glazed pottery vases, circa 1930s, the tallest 28cm high View details Quantity3Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$140StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 241 HARVEY SCHOOL pottery dish with lizard, incised "ALA Hand Made", 17cm across View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$340StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 242 WILLIAM RICKETTS pottery face plaque, incised "Wm. Ricketts", 14cm high View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 243 KLYTIE PATE pierced pottery table lamp, incised "Klytie Pate", 27cm high View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Price Realized$1,700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 244 KLYTIE PATE pierced pottery lamp base with floral motif, incised "Klytie Pate", 24cm high View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Price Realized$700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 245 Australian pottery table lamp base possibly Klytie Pate or John Barnard-Knight, 28cm high View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot 246 ARTHUR MERRIC BOYD and NEIL DOUGLAS pottery plate with kangaroos, grass trees and banksias, incised "A. M. B.", 21cm diameter View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 247 ARTHUR MERRIC BOYD and NEIL DOUGLAS pottery plate with kangaroos in bushland, incised "A. M. B.", 21cm diameter View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$850StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 248 Australian pottery "Centaur" statue, mid 20th century, 37cm high View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusCLOSED! Lot 249 TOM SANDERS pottery tureen with sgraffito decoration, incised "Tom Sanders, '67", 35cm across the handles View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$260StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 250 GUY BOYD pottery plaque with Aboriginal hunting scene, incised "Guy Boyd", 15cm diameter View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 251 Australian pottery lamp base with two dogs, circa 1930s, incised "SPOLTIE, TROY", 33cm high View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 252 MILTON MOON pottery fruit bowl, incised "Milton Moon" View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$480StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 253 LES BLAKEBOROUGH Southern Ice porcelain mantle vase, impressed stamp View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 254 LES BLAKEBOROUGH blue ceramic vase with wave motif View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 255 MILTON MOON three studio pottery bowls with decoration, incised "Milton Moon", the largest 22cm diameter View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 256 TIM STRACHAN tall studio pottery vase, incised "T. Strachan '84", 34cm high View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$50StatusSold Lot 257 TIM STRACHAN tall studio pottery vase, incised "T. Strachan '84", 32cm high View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 258 Two studio pottery platters and a terracotta vase, monogrammed marks, (3 items), the vase 29cm View details Quantity3Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$20StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 259 Five pieces of Australian studio pottery including Jeff Mincham, Pamela Martin and Kay Jensen View details Quantity5Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 260 ARTIST UNKNOWN, "The Rainmaker" painted chalkware plaque, circa 1950, impressed monogram lower right "Cha", 46 x 43cm View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusCLOSED! Lot 261 TAKACS STUDIO "The Didgeridoo" ceramic figure of an Aborigine, circa 1950s, signed "Takacs Studio, No.15, Australia", 39cm high, 42cm wide View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$260StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 262 ARTIST UNKNOWN Australian pottery vase with hand-painted sgraffito decoration, signature illegible, 28cm high View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 263 GWEN WATSON (attributed) Australian pottery figural ewer with turquoise glaze, circa 1970s, 38cm high View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusCLOSED! Lot 264 Kookaburra MK. IV slip cast porcelain statue, signed "Kookaburra MK. IV Maurice Conway Smith, Wildlife Studios Australia, 64/100", 33.5cm high View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 265 AMY JOHNSON nice autograph on single page typed letter on Amy Johnson "In Australia" letterhead; together with a coloured lithograph portrait of Amy Johnson with facsimile signature. (2 items). The letter framed and glazed 21 x 16cm View details Quantity2Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$140StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 266 DAME NELLIE MELBA, two single page handwritten letters on London hotel letterhead containing Melba's autograph in three places, some damage and loss to the upper and lower left corners (2 items). View details Quantity2Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 267 MISCELLANY OF SIGNATURES: collected between 1938-40 in small autograph book noting actor Leslie Howard, actress Nina Golovina, opera singer John Brownlee, Danish ballet dancer & film art director Paul Petroff, tennis player Don Budge, English Test cricketer Les Wyatt; also Malcolm Sargent (British conductor) on ABC (Brisbane) letterhead (approx 100 signatures) View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSold Lot 268 OXFORD GAZETTE - ENGLAND - Dec.28 to Jan.1 1665, Numb.14: Precursor to the "London Gazette", with all issues from #1 to #23 being printed in Oxford, due to The Plague contagion rampant in London, the journal not returning to the capital until issue #24, when it was renamed the "London Gazette"; the contents mostly describe ship and military movements around Europe; condition is somewhat aged with brittle edges and a small taped repair at base. Extremely rare. View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$440StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 269 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1665 issues: Numb.25 & 52: folio half-sheets, issue #25 with news of naval activities especially of His Majesty's fleet under Sir Christopher Minnes, plus a report that 105 parishes were clear of the plague; issue #52 reports that buccaneers have captured Tobago; the former with aged edges, the latter quite fine. Extremely scarce early editions. (2) View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$280StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 270 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1666 issues: complete run between Nov.19 and Dec.17 plus Dec.27 (Numb.106 to 114 & 117): published in folio half-sheets, content mostly concerns news from various European cities, plus ship and fleet movements; issue 110 talks of great storms in the South of England with several ships wrecked off Portland beach; issue 111 describes the wrecking of a ship near Swanage, laden with wine, sugar and Brazilwood; View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 271 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1667 issues: incomplete run between Jan.3 and Apr.22 (Numb.118 to 127, plus 129, 131 & 143 to 149): published in folio half-sheets, content mostly concerns news from various European cities, plus ship and fleet departures arrivals and ships wrecked off the British coast; condition variable with some aging as to be expected, generally quite fine. (20 issues) View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 272 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1667 issues: incomplete run between May.4 and Jul.29 (between Numb.152 and 177 ): published in folio half-sheets, content mostly concerns news from various European cities, plus fleet arrivals & departures and ship arrivals and international conflicts, issue 172 with account of the Ottomans laying siege to Candia (Crete), issue 173 reports that the English Fleet has burnt several French ships in the Leeward Islands View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot 273 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1667 issues: largely complete run between Aug.5 and Oct.10 (between Numb.180 and 199, 191 missing): content including news about international tensions and conflicts including post 2nd Anglo-Dutch War incidents following the Treaty of Breda (Jul.21,1667), issue 180 with a Aug.2 report from Plymouth that the Dutch had attempted a landing at Wenbury but were forced to retreat to their ships by local militia, issue 181 reporting that Dutch Fleet had surrounded the Scilly View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot 274 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1667 issues: complete run between Oct.14 and Dec.23 (between Numb.200 and 220): content mostly concerns news from various European cities, plus fleet movements and ship arrivals and religious news including Papal activities; issue 208 (Nov. 11) announcing that letters had arrived from Rome with updates regarding the Turkish siege of Candia stating that "the Turks are much discouraged by the tediousness of the siege" & "the little progress they have yet made"; View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot 275 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1668 issues: almost complete January to April run (between Numb.222 and 257, excl. 229, incl. duplicates of issues 250 & 257): content mostly concerns news from various European cities, plus fleet movements, ship arrivals and details of ships wrecked off the British coast; issue 250 (Apr.9) with details of proposed treaty to end the War of Devolution between France and Spain. View details Estimate$750 - $1,000Price Realized$500StatusSold Lot 276 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1668 issues: almost complete May to August run (between Numb.258 and 291, excl. 273, duplicate 271): content mostly concerns news from various European cities, plus fleet movements, ship arrivals, details of ships wrecked & religious news including Papal activities; issue 271 (Jun.18) reports that Sir William Temple, the King's ambassador for the Treaty of Aix-la-Chappelle (May 7) had arrived at Whitehall to relay his account of proceedings to the king; View details Estimate$750 - $1,000StatusCLOSED! Lot 277 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1668 issues: largely complete September to December run (between Numb.292 and 326, ex 301, 303 & 320): content mostly concerns news from various European cities, plus fleet movements, ship arrivals, and religious news including Papal activities; many issues with reports of the Turkish siege of Venetian-ruled Candia (Crete); issue 292 (Sep.3) stating that the Turks had gathered 12,000 men in Morea to assist in the siege of Canea (Chania) and issue 304 with reports on a View details Estimate$750 - $1,000StatusCLOSED! Lot 278 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1669-1675 selection of issues: with issue 982 (Apr.15, 1675) announcing that King Charles II would no longer conduct public healings of The King's Evil (scrofula/tuberculosis) after Apr.30 until further notice, the same issue also carries an Franco-Dutch War report from Brussels stating that troops were beginning to march on all sides, the French to attack, the Confederates in defence commanded by the Prince of Orange; other content mostly concerns fleet movements & sh View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot 279 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1675-1678: large group of issues between numb.1079 and 1337: some notable reports include issue 1083 (Apr.3.1676) with news of arrival in Spain of Spanish galleons carrying 25 million pieces of eight, the same issue also carries reports of the trial for treason of Danish statesman Peder Griffenfeld; issue 1093 (May 8, 1676) with reports from Constantinople that the Grand Siegnior is constructing a seraglio (harem) for the women of Adrianople; issue 1134 (Oct 2, 1676) r View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! Lot 280 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1679-1684: large group of issues between numb.1449 and 1980: with many articles of interest including issue 1507 (Apr.26, 1680) reports of a "false and dangerous rumour spread abroad" that Charles II is to marry the mother of the Duke of Monmouth; issue 1694 (Feb. 9, 1682) with a report that a "most curious and excellent way of preserving dead bodies from putrefication" had been presented to the King; View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusCLOSED! Lot 281 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1685-1688: large selection of issues between numb.2012 and 2193: plenty of interesting content incl. issue 2012 (Feb.26, 1685) with a notification of alterations to the Book of Common Prayer in relation to prayers dedicated to the new King (James II); issue 2013 (Mar.2, 1685) records addresses made to King James II acknowledging sorrow at the death of Charles II and joy at the succession, other March issues contain dedications of loyalty to the new King; issue 2073 (S View details Estimate$900 - $1,200Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot 282 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1687-1688: large selection of issues between numb.2200 and 2343: plenty of interesting content including issue 2212 (Jan 27, 1687) report from Paris of a Notre Dame thanksgiving for the recovery of King Louis XIV following surgery; issue 2213 (Jan.31,1687) reports of Emeric Thokoly (Prince of Upper Hungary) had joined forces with the Turks against the Habsburgs, this issue also carries notice of an important book sale by William Cowper at the Pelican in London; issue 2 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! Lot 283 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1688-1694: large group of issues between numb.2371 and 2998: much of interest including issue 2371 (Aug. 6,1688) with records of addresses to the King and Consort on the birth of the Prince of Wales, the same issue reporting that the King has ordered breast feeding be given to the Prince "with much success"; issue 2384 (Sep.20,1688) with a declaration from James II that no Roman Catholic may be a member of the British House of Commons; View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,600Price Realized$900StatusSold Lot 284 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1694-1709: large group of issues between numb.3000 and 4578 with many articles of interest including issue 3003 (Aug.20) which reports the introduction of a superfine gunpowder which does not foul firearms; issue 3030 (Nov.22 1694) with a report from Paris that bread prices are rising, robberies are on the increase and a poll tax is to be levied; issue 3078 (May 9, 1695) reports that coal is being transported from Newcastle to Yarmouth in a fleet of 100 vessels, plus a View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! Lot 285 BENJAMIN MARTIN (1704 - 1782) "The Description and Use of both the GLOBES, the Armillary Sphere, and Orrery, exemplified in a large and select variety of problems in Astronomy, Geography, Dialling, Navigation, Spherical Trigonometry, Chronology, &c., also, A New Construction of each Globe, by an Apparatus exhibiting the Phænomena of the Earth and Heavens exactly as they are, and adapting the same to every Age of the World" [London, Benj. Martin, circa 1770] Second edition; 244pp + five plates. View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$350StatusSold Lot 286 HAWKESWORTH, John (1715 - 1773) An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq; By John Hawkesworth LL.D. Illustrated with cuts and a great variety of charts.. View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,500Price Realized$8,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 287 THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET, AND DAILY ADVERTISER - 1789 - BILL OF RIGHTS: (Oct.6) edition with column headed "Congress of the United States" showing the Twelve Articles of Amendment approved by Congress on September 25, 1789; other contents include a verse dedicated to "The Bastille" (Storming of Bastille took place on July 14, 1789), plus articles on foreign intelligence, as well as ship departure notices and numerous advertisements; condition is quite fine overall with mild uniform aging. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 288 "Buffon's Natural History, Abridged." pub. by C. & G. Kearsley [1791] in a single volume (lacks several plates), "Hunters and Fishers.." by Sinnett [1846], "Geology in its relation to Revealed Religion" by Bellew [1853] & "Bully Hayes South Sea Pirate" by Lubbock [1931]. (4 vols.) Mixed condition. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 289 THE SPECTATOR (NEW YORK): 1800 (Jan.1) edition of this short-lived (Oct. 1797 to Dec.31 1800) broadsheet including a report on the "Funeral Procession as a tribute to the memory of General George Washington" held on December 31st 1799, with full details of the procession including illustration of the position of the pall-bearers and the order of the procession; quite fine with some light foxing, overall 33.5 x 50cm. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 290 AN AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL PIONEER - EDWARD LUTTRELL "SELLS" SOME OF HIS LAND, JULY 1810 An indenture, signed and dated at Parramatta, 24 July 1810, by which Luttrell transfers ownership of 2 acres of his land at Richmond Hill to David Bele, provided he proceeds "to build...a House Joining the House already erected on the said land, Edward Luttrell's Farm at Richmond Hill." View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 291 RICHARD HAYMAN - STOLE A WATCH, BEAT HIS WIFE AND MAY HAVE MURDERED HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW An indenture on vellum, formalizing the sale to Thomas Johnson for £45, of "forty-three acres of Land lying and situate in the District of Mulgrave Place, on the Banks of the River Hawkesbury being part and parcel of one hundred and thirty Acres of Land originally given and granted by His Excellency Governor King unto Edward Yardley....". Signed by all parties and with the original seal. View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 292 A DOCUMENT SIGNED BY REVEREND SAMUEL MARSDEN [1765 - 1838] - NORFOLK ISLAND, PARRAMATTA & NEW ZEALAND A conveyance for the sale of "136 Rods of Ground" [approx. 700 sqr mtrs] being "all that allotment of Land situate in Macquarie Street, Windsor, opposite the Wesleyan Chapel Ground" to brothers, Thomas and John Tebbutt, early settlers in Windsor. The document is signed by Marsden and witnessed by Joseph Harpur and one other. View details Estimate$750 - $1,000Price Realized$1,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 293 A LAND TRANSACTION IN WILBERFORCE, NSW - 1824 A conveyance of "20 Acres of Land in the District of Wilberforce under a writ of Fieri Facias" [ a writ of execution after judgment obtained in a legal action for debt or damages] by which Robert COOPER (merchant of Sydney) acquires the land from John LYONS in settlement of a debt calculated at "80 pounds in Spanish Dollars at five shillings each". The details of the land are described and a small hand-drawn map provides further information. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 294 AUTOGRAPHED LETTER FROM ALEXANDER MCLEAY, COLONIAL SECRETARY, JUNE 1829 A letter signed by "Alex Mcleay" headed Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney 26th June, 1829 addressed to Private John Hunt, late of the Royal Staff Corps. The letter confirms the offer of "an Allotment of Ground in the Town of Windsor........but you will understand that this order will be null and void if you are not actually residing on the Land alluded to, at the end of Six Months from the present date." SymbolD View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 295 AUTOGRAPHED LETTER FROM ALEXANDER MCLEAY, COLONIAL SECRETARY, JUNE 1829 A letter signed by "Alex Mcleay" headed Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney 26th June, 1829 addressed to Private James Pickles, late of the Royal Staff Corps. The letter confirms the offer of "an Allotment of Ground in the Town of Windsor........but you will understand that this order will be null and void if you are not actually residing on the Land alluded to, at the end of Six Months from the present date." A transfer to View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot 296 THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN: A group of original 1830 playbills for "The Gamester" (March 18), "The Merchant of Venice" (March 27), "Handel's Oratorio The Messiah" (March 31) and "The Grecian Daughter" (April 12). All with much detail of the production and in the case of the first 2 items, details of forthcoming productions. All approx. 34 x 22cm (4 items) View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot 297 ALEXANDER MCLEAY, COLONIAL SECRETARY, April 1829 A printed document, titled "SMALL GRANT" signed by "Alex Mcleay" and headed Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney 22nd April, 1831 and addressed to John Francis Evan, confirms that Evan's request of the Governor for "Sixty Acres of Land" has been agreed to "in the County of Cook, Parish unnamed, at Kurrajong: bounded on the West by Smith's and Nash's Farms." The details of the Crown's retained rights over water, creeks, mines of gold, silver & coal. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot 298 [WILLIAM COX, 1764 (Dorset) - 1837 (Windsor, NSW): Explorer, roadmaker, builder & grazier] A lease dated August 1833 between "William Cox of Clarendon" and John Forrester for "Five acres of Land at the Cornwallis" which was in the District of Windsor, bounded "on the North by the River Hawkesbury....". The document is signed by Cox and Forrester. In January 1837 the lease is transferred to James Upton "with the consent of Mr Laban White" and signed by all parties. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$260StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 299 [WILLIAM COX, 1764 (Dorset) - 1837 (Windsor, NSW): Explorer, roadmaker, builder & grazier] A lease dated February 1837 between "William Cox of Fairfield Windsor" and James Upton "of Cornwallis Windsor" for "Forty Acres...lately in the occupation of John Forrester, being portion of the Argyle Farm situate in the District of Mulgrave Place..."Windsor, bounded ". The document is signed by Cox and Forrester. In January 1837 the lease is transferred to James Upton "with the consent of Mr Laban White View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 300 LEGAL AFFAIRS IN THE DISTRICT OF PORT PHILLIP - 1842 to 1861 A group of six (6) documents, mainly warrants created by the Deputy Sherrifs (Samuel Rayward, Alistair MacKenzie) in discharging their roles in settling disputes between free settlers. Three are printed forms which have been completed in manuscript, the others are all hand-written. View details Estimate$500 - $750StatusCLOSED! Lot 301 "THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION" - ENGLAND - 1842 - BUSH RANGERS IN TASMANIA: July 16 1842 (No.3) edition of a monthly magazine with lengthy article entitled "An encounter with Bush-Rangers in Van Diemen's Land" by "An Officer" with a detailed 5-page account of his pursuit and capture of three ex-convict bushrangers Palmer, Regan & Atterall in the late 1830s; other articles of interest include "A Cure for Hydrophobia"& "On the Growth of Plant in Cities"; View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusCLOSED! Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678910|Next Previous 12345678910 Next Previous 12345678910 Next
